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[–] 56 points 3 years ago (8 children)

They make them money because:

  • they use reddit
  • spez gets some nice usage stats to show off
  • as a direct consequence, advertisers keep paying to put their ads
  • also as a direct consequence, investors' confidence in reddit continues to recover; there's a real possibility that, when it IPOs, it will actually go for a decent price

Now, if enough people go commit ad-block, and advertisers somehow become wise to that fact... then maybe it will hurt reddit's bottom line (at which point spez will start trying to emulate youtube's anti-ad stuff).

But as it stands, especially if most of reddit's usage is through reddit's mobile app... I'm not really sure how you can block ads there.

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  • [–] 13 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    Those are fair points. Regarding adblock in the official app, you can use ReVanced to patch an .apk similar to how you block ads in YouTube.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    (at which point spez will start trying to emulate youtube’s anti-ad stuff).

    I'm curious. What's Youtube's anti-ad stuff? I don't remember the last time I saw an ad on Youtube.

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